GUN Students for Concealed Carry on Campus (SCCC)

Students for Concealed Carry on Campus will hold its third national collegiate Empty Holster Protest during the week of April 20-24, 2009. Thousands of college students throughout the United States, organized under the banner of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus (SCCC), will attend classes wearing empty holsters, in protest of state laws and school policies that stack the odds in favor of dangerous criminals and armed killers by disarming law abiding citizens licensed to carry concealed handguns virtually everywhere else.

The protest will focus on sharing the facts of concealed carry with students and faculty who may not be aware that concealed carry laws exist or that those laws differ on college campuses from most other locations.

Students for Concealed Carry on Campus is a national, non-partisan, grassroots organization comprised of over 38,000 college students, college faculty members, parents of college students, and concerned citizens who believe that holders of concealed handgun permits should enjoy the same rights on college campuses that current laws afford them virtually everywhere else. SCCC is dedicated to persuading state governments and school administrators to approve laws and campus policies that will grant all citizens with concealed handgun licenses the right to carry their concealed handguns on college campuses. SCCC is not affiliated with the NRA, a political party, or any other organization.

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apparently at JMU students planned on carrying empty holsters, but they received a letter from some professor at the school saying that his students would feel "uncomfortable" if their fellow students carried EMPTY holsters.

i love how professors are so blatant in their brain-washing that this professor goes so far as to speak for EVERY student in any of his classes

We are wearing our empty holsters next Thursday at JMU. I thought it was an all week thing, but I guess not. Unfortunately we've only had about 12 people at the meetings, but then again the SCCC group at JMU didn't even exist before last month.

Our campus leader notified the JMU police department of the empty holster protest. Look at this response he got:

Dear Mr. Dales:

As a faculty member I received your message, forwarded by Chief Schifflett, about the SCCC's plan to wear holsters next Thursday, the 23rd, though the Chief listed the 24th as the date. I have a couple of questions and comment.

First, is it the 23rd or 24th?

Second, I asked my students this morning if they new[sic] about the planned protest. They did not. Are you planning to make sure the JMU community is notified that some students are planning to wear holsters while on campus? I know you notified the Chief, but are you sure the message will get to the majority of the students? Can you imagine the level of fear if it doesn't? Wouldn't do your cause much good.

Third, even after I explained to my students that the holsters would be empty and, using SCCC's website, the reason for the protest, my students did not think the holster wearing was a good idea. It scares them, makes them feel less safe, as does the idea of students carrying concealed weapons on campus. So you may want to consider if a significant number of your peers support your cause. You and other SCCC members certainly have a right to feel safe in your daily lives, but so does every other citizen.

In case they get uninformed calls of MWAG calls. They may be a little bit less on edge.
When I did the empty holster protest last year, some of my students were startled when they saw the holster.
Authorities also can include school administration.

In case they get uninformed calls of MWAG calls. They may be a little bit less on edge.
When I did the empty holster protest last year, some of my students were startled when they saw the holster.
Authorities also can include school administration.

Ok guys, I'm curious about this. If they're promoting CC on campus, shouldn't the holsters be concealed? Nobody would know or get it. Or are all of the CC people supposed to be wearing open rigs, that would certainly paint a positive picture of them as pacifists who just want to protect themselves.

Ok guys, I'm curious about this. If they're promoting CC on campus, shouldn't the holsters be concealed? Nobody would know or get it. Or are all of the CC people supposed to be wearing open rigs, that would certainly paint a positive picture of them as pacifists who just want to protect themselves.